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Notes on a New Protozoon, Piridium sociabile n.gen., n.sp., from the Foot of Buccinum undatum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Ruth Patten
Ruth Patten
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From the Department of Zoology, Trinity College, Dublin
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The earliest stages found are groups of small bodies, 1·8 or 2·0μ in diameter. These groups are probably taken up by phagocytic cells and pass through the epithelium of the host into the connective tissue, where a cyst is formed by the host. Within the cyst the bodies grow. In many cysts there is a differentiation into two types: the larger, when mature, attain 40μ in size, are shaped like a pear, and contain at the broad end a chromatic rod. The small bodies reach 3Oμ in length, are also somewhat piriform, and contain two similar structures attached to their nuclei. In some cysts large bodies alone are found.

Development is periodic, the youngest stages being found from January to March and the parasites not reaching maturity until September–November.

Type species P. sociabile, with the features mentioned above: found near the ventral surface of the foot of Buccinum undatum.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , October 1936 , pp. 502 - 516
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1936

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